Tobacco-can.



P. C. CLEIViMlfSENx TUBACCO CAN.

APPLICATION HLED Novpso. 19u.

Patented 001.1, 1918.

INVENTO WITNESSES ATTORNEY PETER C. CLEMMENSEN, F ATLANTIC, IOWA.

TOBACGCLCAN.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct., 1, 1918..

Application tiled November 30, 1917. Serial No. 204,756.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER C. CLEMMEN- sex, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic, in the county of Cass and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to receptacles, and it relates more particularly to an improvementin tobacco receptacles or cans.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a false bottom for the receptacle` which may be raised so as to bring the tobacco into convenient position to be reached and grasped by the fingers of the user.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is easy to manipulate and which does not interfere with the opening and closin of the box, and does not interfere with t e removal or re-placing of the box in the pocket of the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is so simple of construction that ity may be manufactured at a minimum, cost.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which may be formed integrally from a single blank of sheet metal, as an article of manufacture, and which is of such form that it may be nested with a number of similar devices for convenience in shipping these articles to manufacturers ot' tobacco receptacles of ordinary construc` tion, and for convenience in storing the devices.

Another object of the invention is to provide for quickly and easily removing such portions of the device that have served their purpose and would be in the way if not removed.

()ther objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read the following details of description in comiection with the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective view illust rating a tobacco box or can ol' ordinary constrnw tion with my improved attachment in the position it would occupy after a portion of the tobacco has been rcniovvd, and the remainder raised in the box.

Fig. l is an. ond view ot' a slightly modified forni and einbmlinwnt olf mv invention.

Figi., 3 is a perspective view ci" a tobacco elevator which constitutes the attachment forming the subject matter of ,my invention,

this figure also showing a slight modifica-- .which similar reference characters corre spond with similar parts throughout the several views- The tobacco box A, having the lid B secured thereto by the hinge C, being of ordinary construct-ion, is not claimed per se. The attachment of elevator illustrated separately in Figp comprisesthe false bottom or p ate 5 having stiti'ening ribs or flanges G extending at right angles therefrom, and continuing from: end to end thereof,'the plate 5 also having relatively narrow extensions 7 at its opposite ends, these extensions heingprimarily of a length somewhat rreater than the depth of any box or receptacle to ,which the elevator may be attached. The elements 7 are each formed with a plurality of horizontal or laterally" extending rows of perforations or indentations 8 for the purpose of providing weakened portions at which the elements 7 may be quickly and easily bent and broken ofi at a line on one ot' the elements which corresponds with a similar line on the other of the elements, for effecting a purpose which will hereinafter, appear.

When the device is first applied to the box A before the latter is filled with tobacco orother contents, the flanges 6 rest upon the bottoni a, except in the modified form shown in Fig. 2) the free ends of the elements 7 are then benty down over two opposite edges ofv the box as indicated at 9, and they may be bent either along the respective rows of apertures, as indicated in Fig. l or at any portion between two adjacent rows; or. if desired, the Vfree ends ot' the elements 7 may he broken ott' respectively at the row of perl'orations adjacent to the top ot the box. so that these" elements terminate within the box; or else they may he turned inward after the tobacco is placed in the box, so that these ends extend over the tobacco and provide manipulating elements whereby the. elevator maybe. raiser. Moreover, in formingthis elevator. the flanges ti may be turned in the direction opposite from that 'which is illu tinted in Figs, .i and 3, or in the same direc- .1 to the grasp of the user,

described has its advanta e over the other construction, and so the evice may be'rvaried in this respect according to the desire.

of ythe manufacturer. When the tobacco is being used from the box, and the distance from the top of the box to the top of the tobacco becomes so great as to be inconvenient the manipulative elements at the ends of the supporting strips 7 may be grasped and pulled for raisln the tobaccov toward the top of the box. en the tobacco is sufhciently raised, the strips may be bent over the edges of the box, as shown at 9 along the corresponding rows of apertures 8, so as to support the false bottom 5 in its elevated position. The elevator being formed of very thin sheet metal, theanges of the lid B and the corresponding sides of the box A will yield suiciently to allow the lid to close over thendowirturned free ends ofthe supporting strips 7. The distance between the rows of perforations 8 is substantially the same as the width of the Hanges of minute detail, it is to be understood that my invention is not limited to these exact details 1 the lid-B, so that the lower edges of the lidflanges register with certain of the rows of pertorations or indentations. lt will be seen therefore, that when the supporting strips y, are bent downward as shown at 9, the 'Bauges of the lid B serve to hold the adjacent portions'of the supporting strips and to act as guides along which the respective' rows'of perorations extend, and thereby cooperate y with the weakened portions of the stri s 7 for e'eoting the quick and easy remova of the superuousend portions of the latter' when they are bent by the user.

AAlthough l have described thisdevice in of construction, andtliat l may make such changes `that do not constitute, a departure ing elements formed thereon and Mesones from the inventive idea disclosed herein and in the appended claims. s

What l claim as my invention is: 1. .As an article of manufacture, a blank of sheet metal formed with a relatively wide intermediate portion having parallel stiiienhaving a each end relatively narrow extension at to said 1nadapted to be bent at right angles ',termediate portion and into parallel relation with one another', each of said extensions being relatively long and narrow and being formed with weakened portions extending laterally there-across, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture,v a supporting device formed from a'blank of thin sheet metal so as to provide a1 supporting plate having stillening flanges extending along two opposite sides thereof."v and having supporting strips extending from the other two o posite sides thereof and bent so as to be su stantially parallel with one another and at an angle to said supporting plate, each of said supporting strips being vided with al plurality of substantially equispaced weakened portions adapted to be bent for providing supporting hooks and adapted to be broken for removing super'- tluous material.

3. An oblong plate, having sti'ening elements at its longitudinal 'edges consisting of bent edge portions of the plpate,I and'having integral narrow strips at the ends of the plate extending at a r1ght angle thereto, and parallel to each other, said strips having transversely weakened lines in coincident relation, l 1` s f lrrtestimony whereof l alix my signature inopresence ot two witnesses.

PETER C. CLEBMENSJN. Witnesses:

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